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![]() | Making Pottery 1912 The Terra Foundation for American Art Chicago, IL | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Sacred Waters oil on canvas Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis, IN | ![]() Couse is best known for his intimate images of Native Americans in quiet repose. The artist's paint strokes set up a rhythmic flow, which moves throughout the work. Tradition holds that the Taos Indians were created out of the sacred waters of Blue Lake. | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | The Cowherd (La Gardeuse de Vaches) 1895 Joslyn Art Museum Omaha, NE | GA | Anonymous | |
The Peace Pipe c. 1902 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | ||
![]() | Walpi Pueblo 1903 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Eanger Irving Couse painted this scene one year after his first trip to Taos. Like other eastern artists, he was especially struck by the intense light and stark contrasts of northern New Mexico. Couse painted Walpi Pueblo as a quick sketch, capturing the sudden, lonely chill that accompanies the clouds at higher elevations. | GA | Anonymous |
- Eanger Irving Couse